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Today's Mystery Bird For You To Identify Despite the fact that it is fairly common, this migratory North American and European mystery bird is quite mysterious in many ways -- for example, not much is known about this species' migratory patterns nor about its molting sites. However, there are a few things that we do know about this bird -- can you tell me about them?Mystery Bird photographed at Bolsa Chica Wetlands, Huntington Beach, California, USA. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]Image: Steve Duncan, February 2009. [with binoculars].Despite the fact that it is fairly common, this migratory North American and European mystery bird is quite mysterious in many ways -- for example, not much is known about this species' migratory patterns nor about its molting sites. However, there are a few things that we do know about this bird -- can you tell me about them?Daily Mystery Bird Rules: 1. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification, keeping in mind that more than one field mark is often necessary to distinguish between species. IDs without any supporting information are not valid and may be deleted by the moderators. 2. Expert and intermediate level birders: do NOT try to be the first to blurt out the mystery bird's ID. Instead, please provide helpful hints, such as descriptions, literary references, puns, personal anecdotes, and other forms of discussion and assistance for beginning birders and for those following on their iPhones without naming the species. Expert and intermediate birders are free to name the bird species 24 or more hours after it was first published.3. Each mystery bird is usually accompanied by a question or two. These questions can be useful for identifying the pictured species, but may instead be used to illustrate an interesting aspect of avian biology, behaviour or evolution, or may be intended to generate conversation on other topics, such as conservation. 4. Each bird species will be demystified 48 hours after publication. If you have bird images, video or mp3 files that you'd like to share with a large and appreciate audience, feel free to email them to me for consideration.GrrlScientistguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |